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Rally against motorcycle ban canceled
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Motorcyclists drive along Jl. HR Rasuna Said in South Jakarta on Aug. 25. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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round 5,000 motorcyclists, who previously planned to hold a protest against the city administration’s policy to expand the ban on motorcycles on Jl. Sudirman this Saturday, have canceled the plan following the administration’s decision to revoke the regulation.
Alliance Against Motorcycle Restrictions (GAMPAR) founder Rio Octaviano said in a statement on Friday that the alliance appreciated the administration’s revocation.
“Regarding the protests on Sept. 9, we have decided to instead conduct a press conference at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute office [in Menteng, Central Jakarta],” Rio stated.
The Jakarta administration, in revoking the ban on the use by motorcycles of the thoroughfare stretching from Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat to the Senayan traffic circle on Jl. Sudirman in South Jakarta, said it would wait for the completion of all construction projects along the road, such as the MRT.
The administration previously planned to conduct a trial ban starting on Sept. 12 before officially imposing the now-revoked ban on Oct. 11.
